JOY Billiards Uniting The World! On June 11, the "JOY Liber Win Cup" 2025 Heyball Parasport World Championship came to an end in Brisbane, Australia. American player Hedred Goldberg won the women's mixed group championship; Slovenian player Matej Brajkovic won the men's wheelchair group championship; Chinese player Liu Junwei won the men's standing group championship.
Men's standing group
Champion: Liu Junwei (China)
Runner-up: Mehta Anant (India)
Third place: Adam Wilke (Poland); Rob Elsley (Australia)
Women's Mixed Category
Champion: Hedred Goldberg (USA)
Runner-up: Kathryn Schneeberg (Switzerland)
Third place: Nosur Viodul Moalusi (South Africa); Mulandi Duploy (South Africa)
Men's Wheelchair Group
Champion: Matej Brajkovic (Slovenia);
Runner-up: Henrik Larsson (Sweden);
Third place: David Slaček (Slovenia); Michael Anthony Southern (UK)
The Heyball Parasport World Championship has been praised by the World Pool-Billiard Association as "a groundbreaking event that embodies the spirit of inclusion and sporting excellence." A total of 64 disabled athletes from 16 countries and regions participated in the "JOY·Liber Win Cup" 2025 Heyball Parasport World Championship. They used the ball as a medium and wrote a different sports style with their tenacity and love.
Ishaun Singh, Chairman of World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA); Henrik Larsson, Parasport director of World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA); Jorgen Sandman, Sports director of World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA); Zhang Xiaoping, Deputy General Manager (Overseas) of Qinhuangdao JOY Billiards Promotion Co., Ltd., and other leaders and guests attended the closing ceremony of the competition and presented awards to the champions, runners-up and third place winners in each category.
Sports are the common language of mankind. The athletes participating in the Paralympic World Championships used the spotlight of sports to showcase their remarkable lives during the competition. With unyielding struggle, they interpreted the concept of "Everyone is a master in Heyball" and practiced the Olympic spirit of "mutual understanding, friendship, unity and fair competition"! The Heyball Parasport World Championship was held as scheduled in Australia. It is not only the original intention of JOY "JOY Billiards Uniting The World", but also a bridge of dreams for disabled billiards enthusiasts. At the same time, it will also knock on the door of the Brisbane Olympics through this competition and a series of events!
After the end of this "JOY·Liber Win Cup" 2025 Heyball Parasport World Championship, the Brisbane Gabba Stadium, where the competition was held, will be expanded and is expected to become the venue for the opening ceremony of the Brisbane Olympics in 2032. The same Olympic dream, the same Gabba, the Heyball Parasport World Championship, lights up the starlight of the Olympics!
From the Brisbane arena to the Olympic stage, this Heyball Parasport World Championship not only left behind wonderful competitions, but also delivered a power beyond sports - it let the world see that disabled athletes are also the creators of "the light of sports"; it redefined the connotation of "excellence" with the concept of "everyone is a master"; it injected strong impetus into the inclusive development of global sports with the original intention of "JOY Billiards Uniting The World"
JOY Billiards Uniting The World! JOY is the first to promote Chinese eight-ball into the Olympics. At this time, Heyball Chinese eight-ball is in the sprint stage of impacting the Olympics. The Olympics belong to every sports enthusiast. Today's event is to show the world that men, women, young and old, whether they are physically fit or not, who love Heyball, are showing the infinite charm of this sport in different ways and accelerating the process of entering the Olympics!